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Table
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Property Taxes Per Capita, 1997 |
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Rank |
State |
Amt. |
Rank |
State |
Amt. |
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1 |
New Jersey |
$1,587 |
27 |
Pennsylvania |
$750 |
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2 |
New Hampshire |
1,547 |
28 |
Ohio |
745 |
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3 |
Connecticut |
1,500 |
29 |
South Dakota |
729 |
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4 |
NEW YORK |
$1,330 |
30 |
North Dakota |
725 |
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5 |
Rhode Island |
1,237 |
31 |
California |
720 |
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6 |
Vermont |
1,227 |
32 |
Georgia |
661 |
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7 |
Maine |
1,222 |
33 |
Arizona |
656 |
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8 |
Alaska |
1,130 |
34 |
Nevada |
596 |
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9 |
Massachusetts |
1,081 |
35 |
Idaho |
588 |
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10 |
Illinois |
1,075 |
36 |
South Carolina |
553 |
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11 |
Wisconsin |
1,004 |
37 |
Utah |
532 |
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12 |
Wyoming |
966 |
38 |
Missouri |
519 |
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13 |
Nebraska |
963 |
39 |
North Carolina |
512 |
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14 |
Montana |
939 |
40 |
Hawaii |
511 |
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15 |
Washington |
930 |
41 |
Delaware |
465 |
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16 |
Minnesota |
913 |
42 |
Mississippi |
460 |
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17 |
Indiana |
867 |
43 |
Tennessee |
434 |
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18 |
Texas |
845 |
44 |
West Virginia |
422 |
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19 |
Florida |
840 |
45 |
Kentucky |
391 |
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20 |
Iowa |
813 |
46 |
Oklahoma |
331 |
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21 |
Kansas |
799 |
47 |
Louisiana |
330 |
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22 |
Michigan |
788 |
48 |
Arkansas |
323 |
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23 |
Oregon |
781 |
49 |
New Mexico |
305 |
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24 |
Virginia |
780 |
50 |
Alabama |
240 |
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25 |
Colorado |
762 |
U.S. average |
$817 |
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26 |
Maryland |
755 |
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
62.8% |
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau data; calculations by The Public Policy Institute http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog.html |
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New York's higher-than-average property taxes add up to an additional burden of more than $9 billion a year statewide. |
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